Posted on 09/02/2011 9:17:00 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) -- Business leaders and finance experts gathered in Italy offered a downbeat assessment of the global economy Friday -- with several predicting another recession due to a calamitous cocktail of sluggish growth, eurozone dysfunction, and financial market volatility.
The year's events -- from natural disasters and violent uprisings to fears of debt defaults -- have not only sent shock waves through the financial world but also caused a slump in confidence among consumers and industry.
"There is a significant probability of a double-dip recession," pronounced New York University economist Nouriel Roubini, in opening remarks that lived up to his nickname of "Dr. Doom" -- earned for forecasting a financial crisis years before the 2008 crash, even as many reveled in the boom times.
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Meeting in secret to push for more of the same (higher taxes, bailouts for failures).
These people are making millions of dollars for the no results they give.
Why am I the one who is unemployed?
I’m curious: Have any of the Pubbie candidates stated where they stand on any future American taxpayer-funded bailouts of the ECB/Eurozone?
They keep saying "double dip".
That word...
Business does not give us any results? Don’t they actually give us the ONLY results?
they can meet all they like, I think the German voters are about to sound the death knell for their cozy little Globalist dream
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